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clean slate

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A slate on which the courses steered by a ship (and distances run) were recorded, but have been wiped clean after being entered in the log at the end of a watch.
  2. A fresh start.
    broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

Españolfoja cero
Deutschweiße Weste

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

clean sweep clean teen clean up clean URL clean-handedness clean-shaven

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